archives

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called for the resumption of talks with Iran over its nuclear program, saying that sanctions will not work.
››read more

Ziabari

Actions like this will only injure the ordinary people of Iran who suffer from the effects of a power game between governments. ››read more

Crooke

The single-minded furore to impose these sanctions does however say something. It speaks to us about something other than Iran. In many ways, the rush to sanctions (hurried forward to torpedo the Turkish and Brazilian initiative) speaks to us about rising American fears; about the fraying ‘international order'; about the evaporation of deference towards American leadership; and the concern about the rise of ‘the new powers'. ››read more

The EU's decision "will definitely cause far greater losses for the European Union itself rather than for the Islamic Republic of Iran as this is amply demonstrated in all previous statistics," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a letter to EU foreign ministers obtained by Reuters on Wednesday. ››read more

Tomas Rosa BuenoWhat is at stake in the Iranian nuclear affair is our own right to the future. If we don’t stop the nuclear barons now, we never will. ››read more

I have absolutely no doubt that as soon as the American and Israeli warships are deployed –alongside the rest of the American military vessels positioned off the Iranian coasts-- and they try to inspect the first merchant ship from that country, there will be a massive launching of missiles in both directions. At that moment exactly the terrible war will begin. ››read more